Student designers win in media competition

Brian Dreisbach/Courier
Students Miyoshi Korichiro and Van Luong explain their
work to Alex Kritselis (right).
Student Designers Win
in Media Competition
Kate Murray f r
Staff Writer FCt Cc
ca/UJ2/1
Old Town Pasadena's Apple
store was bustling with activity last
Thursday as the winners of the 2005
Media Arts Award Competition
were announced in a special ceremony. Sponsored by the Multimedia
and Entertainment Initiative of
California Community Colleges, the
competition included categories in
digital imaging, computer modeling,
computer animation, traditional animation, film and video, audio,
graphic design, website design,
interactive multimedia, and motion
graphics.
Out of almost 700 entries total,
PCC students Van Luong, Miyoshi
Koichiro, Priscilla Jiminez, and
Anne Hong swept the competition
in the graphic design, website
design, and interactive multimedia
categories. The winners created their
entries in PCC multimedia and
design classes taught by professors
Laurie Burruss and Steve Trapero.
Luong, a 30-year-old design student with a degree from UC Irvine,
took home two awards in the competition: a merit award in website
design, and the graphic design cate
gory award for her "Chinese Tea
stationery.
"[My entry] was inspired by af
' film I saw 15 years ago about a Chinese teahouse and the
I spirit of Chinese tea," Luong said. "I wanted to bring
I that ancient Chinese aesthetic into the modern world.
It was all about senses: taste, touch, and the mood of
the environment/V
Having studied design for a year and a half, Luong
hopes to make a career out her love for the subject.
I "I'm interested in design, not just graphic but also
I web design and motion graphics," Luong said. "Right
now I'm just cruising through and seeing which one I
like most."
To create her category-winning entry in interactive
edia, Jiminez', 21, fed off of her love for playing
rums. The computer program she designed instructs
sers in drum-playing, featuring drum recordings performed by Jiminez herself.
"I'm still a baby," Jiminez said laughingly, "but I'm
shooting for a master's (degree) and I think I'd like to
oc a professor also."
The website design category award went to
Koichiro, 25, whose winning entry featured fast-paced
music and mechanical sound effects.
"When I was making [the website], I was thinking
about electronics," said Koichiro. "I wanted to make a
cool and kind of mechanical look."
Koichiro's love of design was apparent as he
accepted his award with a proud, beaming grin.
"I want to design everything!" he said enthusiastically.
Designer Anne Hong, 31, won a merit award in the
interactive multimedia category for her library prototype system. Hong researched her target audience to
fine-tune her entry to the needs of the public.
"I want to go to grad school and work collaboratively with my peers in college," Hong said, "and also
maybe become a professor."
Having taken the same classes together, the four
winners have become good friends. As Jiminez put it,
they just "want to have fun with it."
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Brian Dreisbach/Courier
Students Miyoshi Korichiro and Van Luong explain their
work to Alex Kritselis (right).
Student Designers Win
in Media Competition
Kate Murray f r
Staff Writer FCt Cc
ca/UJ2/1
Old Town Pasadena's Apple
store was bustling with activity last
Thursday as the winners of the 2005
Media Arts Award Competition
were announced in a special ceremony. Sponsored by the Multimedia
and Entertainment Initiative of
California Community Colleges, the
competition included categories in
digital imaging, computer modeling,
computer animation, traditional animation, film and video, audio,
graphic design, website design,
interactive multimedia, and motion
graphics.
Out of almost 700 entries total,
PCC students Van Luong, Miyoshi
Koichiro, Priscilla Jiminez, and
Anne Hong swept the competition
in the graphic design, website
design, and interactive multimedia
categories. The winners created their
entries in PCC multimedia and
design classes taught by professors
Laurie Burruss and Steve Trapero.
Luong, a 30-year-old design student with a degree from UC Irvine,
took home two awards in the competition: a merit award in website
design, and the graphic design cate
gory award for her "Chinese Tea
stationery.
"[My entry] was inspired by af
' film I saw 15 years ago about a Chinese teahouse and the
I spirit of Chinese tea," Luong said. "I wanted to bring
I that ancient Chinese aesthetic into the modern world.
It was all about senses: taste, touch, and the mood of
the environment/V
Having studied design for a year and a half, Luong
hopes to make a career out her love for the subject.
I "I'm interested in design, not just graphic but also
I web design and motion graphics," Luong said. "Right
now I'm just cruising through and seeing which one I
like most."
To create her category-winning entry in interactive
edia, Jiminez', 21, fed off of her love for playing
rums. The computer program she designed instructs
sers in drum-playing, featuring drum recordings performed by Jiminez herself.
"I'm still a baby," Jiminez said laughingly, "but I'm
shooting for a master's (degree) and I think I'd like to
oc a professor also."
The website design category award went to
Koichiro, 25, whose winning entry featured fast-paced
music and mechanical sound effects.
"When I was making [the website], I was thinking
about electronics," said Koichiro. "I wanted to make a
cool and kind of mechanical look."
Koichiro's love of design was apparent as he
accepted his award with a proud, beaming grin.
"I want to design everything!" he said enthusiastically.
Designer Anne Hong, 31, won a merit award in the
interactive multimedia category for her library prototype system. Hong researched her target audience to
fine-tune her entry to the needs of the public.
"I want to go to grad school and work collaboratively with my peers in college," Hong said, "and also
maybe become a professor."
Having taken the same classes together, the four
winners have become good friends. As Jiminez put it,
they just "want to have fun with it."
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Awards
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